Display stand



Feb. 21, 1939. GFWALES' 2,141,869

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ATTORNEY- Patented Feb. 21, 1939 PATENT ()FFICE DISPLAY STAND George F. Wales, Buffalo, N. Y., assignor to American Radiator Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application April 2, 1938, Serial No. 199,615

4 Claims.

My invention relates to display apparatus and the same has for its object to provide a simple, efficient and inexpensive apparatus for supporting and displaying a number of signs or cards in such manner as to render the same readily observable.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide an apparatus of the character specified in which a number of signs or cards having descriptive matter or titles may be readily inserted into and removed therefrom.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a revoluble holder having a plurality of side walls, and means on said side walls for re ceiving and retaining signs or cards therein.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a holder having convex side walls, and card or sign receiving means conformed to said convex side walls in order to maintain the card or signs in position therein by frictional engagement due to the flexing of the cards or signs.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel features of construction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of display apparatus constructed according to and embodying my said invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly broken away and in section;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the card or sign frames;

Fig. 5 is a side edge view thereof;

Fig. 6 is a top edge view thereof;

Fig. '7 is a detail sectional view illustrating the shaft or post bearing at the upper end of the apparatus;

Fig. 8 is a similar view illustrating the bear ing at the base of the apparatus, and

Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 9-9 of Fig. l.

In said drawings l0 designates a display apparatus comprising a hollow, metal shell or drum ll having a'plurality of convex side walls l2. In the present instance the shell, by preference, is shown as of substantially triangular form in cross section, but it will be understood that any number of side walls may be employed.

The shell II is formed with open top and bottom ends, and is provided at its upper end with a spider frame I 3 formed of sheet metal comprising a substantially-triangular flanged rim iii and a centrally-located hub [4 connected to said flanged rim Et by integral arms E5. The hub I4 is struck up from the metal of the spider and includes an inwardly-inclined, upwardly-extending portion it, and a downwardly-inclined, inwardlyextending portion ll having an opening it at its base.

The lower part of the shell or drum 1 i is provided witha sheet metal base l9 of substantiallytriangular outline having a flanged rim 2!] and a centrally located hub 2i struck up from said base. The hub 2! includes a downwardly and inwafdlyextending portion 23 terminating in an upwardly and inwardly-extending portion 24 having an opening 25.

26 denotes a tubular shaft extending through the openings 83, 25 in the upper and lower hubs the shaft 26, which extends through the opening It in the upper spider frame I3, is threaded and provided with a knurled, adjustable cone bearing 32 having an interiorly-threaded upper end to receive a threaded locking plug 53 which serves to hold the shell or drum ll duly in position upon the shaft 26.

34 denotes card or sign frames Which are severally substantially coextensive in size with the side walls I 2 of the shell or drum. l l. Each frame 34 is struck up from a sheet of metal to form a series of wide, parallel projections 35, extending transversely of the frame, and separated from each other by a series of relatively narrow, transverse projections 36. The wide projections 35 extend outwardly and have cut-out portions or windows 31, and the narrow projections 36 extend in the reverse direction. The frames 34 are. of convex form and conform to the outer surfaces of the convex side walls I2 of the shell or drum II and are secured thereto along their edges by screws or other fastening means. The rearwardly extending narrow projections at the upper and lower ends of the frames form flanges 38, 39, respectively contacting with the convex side walls [2 adjacent the upper and lower ends of the shell or drum.

4!] denotes a dome-shape cover which encloses the open upper end of the shell or drum II.

The wider outwardly-extending projections of the frame 34 form recesses into which are inserted endwise cards or signs 4|, bearing any desired titles or inscriptions, which cards are frictionally held in position therein.

It will be noted that the invention provides a simple and efficient display apparatus in which the cards or signs may be readily inserted and removed from either end, and in which the cards or signs are firmly held in position by the flexing of the same in conforming the same to the curvature of the side walls of the shell or drum e and to the frame members secured thereto.

Having thus described my said invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. An apparatus of the character described comprising a support, a member revolubly mounted upon said support and having a plurality of side walls, and frames each formed as an integral structure of a sheet of metal corresponding in outline generally with one of said sides and secured thereto, said frames each having alternate outwardly and inwardly projected transverse portions, and said outwardly projected portions forming a series of parallel, superposed sign-receiving compartments.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a support, a member revolubly mounted upon said support and having a plurality of side walls, and frames each formed as an integral structure of sheet metal corresponding in outline generally with one of said side walls and secured thereto, said frames each having alternate wide and narrow outwardly and inwardly-projected horizontal portions, and said narrow, inwardly-projected portions constituting spacing members between said wide outwardlyprojected portions; said outwardly-projected portions forming a series of parallel, superposed, sign-receiving compartments having openings therein to expose the signs disposed in said outwardly-projected portions.

3. An apparatus of the character described comprising a support, a member revolubly mounted upon said support and having a plurality of convex side walls, and transversely curved frames each formed as an integral structure of sheet metal corresponding in outline generally with one of said side walls and conformed and secured thereto along its vertical edges, said frames each having alternate wide and narrow outwardly and inwardly-projected horizontal portions, and said narrow, inwardly-projected portions constituting spacing members between said wide outwardly-projected portions; said outwardly projected portions forming a series of parallel, superposed, sign-receiving compartments having openings therein to expose the signs disposed in said outwardly-projected portion.

4. An apparatus of the character described comprising a hollow member, bearings within said member adjacent its upper and lower ends, a post received by said bearings for revolubly supporting said hollow member, said hollow member having a plurality of convex sides, a cover closing the top of said hollow member, and frames each formed as an integral structure of sheet metal corresponding in outline generally with one of said convex sides and transversely curved to correspond to its respective side and secured thereto along its vertical edges, said frames having wide horizontal outwardly-projected portions separated from each other by relatively narrow spacing portions, said outwardly-projected portions forming a series of parallel, superposed sign-receiving compartments open at their opposite ends, and having openings therein intermediate said ends to expose the signs disposed within said compartments.

GEORGE F. WALES. 

